Skip to main content

Latest | Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The Chinese Communist Party's Next 100 Years

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

To understand Chinese politics and what lies ahead for the ruling party, author Bruce Dickson argues we must look to the tools China’s leaders use to create popular support.

Chinese Communist Party Celebration
REUTERS
Global Politics

Nicaragua's Looming "Second Dictatorship"

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Host Brian Hanson checks the pulse of democracy in Nicaragua with researcher Ryan Berg and journalist Cindy Regidor.

Nicaraguan President and Vice President
REUTERS
Global Politics

Are NATO Allies on the Same Page?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Defense cooperation requires a shared understanding of threats and goals. And, to be effective requires action, making tradeoffs, and paying costs—not just statements.

NATO family photo
REUTERS
Defense and Security

A New Approach to Building Peace

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Although COVID-19 brought many aspects of our world to a standstill over the last year, violent conflict was not one of them. What can we do to end the cycle?

A woman from Somaliland flees her home due to drought
REUTERS
Global Politics

How Population Shapes Power

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

While some areas of the world continue to see population growth—many countries in Africa, for example—fertility rates are falling everywhere else. What does that mean for geopolitics?

Babies laying on a blanket
REUTERS
Global Politics

Is Fear of Great Power Competition in the Arctic Overheated?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Geopolitical debates on power and competition in the Arctic have been around since the Cold War. Is a new flashpoint ahead or is the danger overblown?

Ship in the Arctic
US Coast Guard
Defense and Security

Martin Indyk on Breaking the Hamas-Israel Cycle of Violence

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former US Special Envoy for Israeli Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk joined us after the 2021 cease-fire between Israel and Hamas to explore the pattern driving the violence.

Israeli rockets launch
REUTERS
Global Politics

Turkey's Role in Geopolitics

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

As a critical NATO ally and strategically located partner, Turkey's assertive foreign policy strategy has global implications.

Turkey's President Erdogan
REUTERS
Global Politics

We're Leaving Afghanistan. Now What?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Just a few weeks after announcing the exit, the United States is already making progress withdrawing troops and resources from the site of America's longest war.

US soldiers leave Afghanistan
US Air Force
US Foreign Policy

Preventing the Next Pandemic

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Pandemics have plagued humans throughout our existence. What role does global coordination play in breaking the cycle?

A scientist looks at a bat to test infection
REUTERS
Global Health